INDEX. 



281 



Owls, 84; et seq ', entertaining ac- \ 

 count of a colony of, 90; Scrip- 

 tural references to the owl, 94 



Parrots, 230; curious anecdote of, 



231 



Passenger pigeon, 240 

 Partridge, the common, 262, et seq. 

 Peacocks, 8 



Perching birds, 96231 

 Peregrine falcon, 70 

 Pettychaps, the, 159 

 Pheasant, the, 246, et seq. 

 Pied flycatcher, the, 102 

 Pied wagtail, the, 144 

 Pies, the, 111, et seq. 

 Pigeons, 232, et seq. 

 Pink, the, 181 

 Pintado, the, 8 

 Pipits, the, 162, et seq. 

 Poultry tribe, the, 232276 

 Preface, 512 

 Ptarmigan, the, 259 



Quail, the common, 271 ; Scripture 

 references to, 272 



Rapacious birds, 4795 



.Haptores, 4795 



Rasores, 232276 



Eaven, the, 111; anecdote of a 



tame, 113 



Red-backed shrike, the, 100 

 Redbreast, the, 145 

 Bed grouse, the, 257 

 Red-legged crow, the, 124 

 Red-legged partridge, the, 270 

 Redpole, the greater, 182 

 Redpole, the lesser, 183 

 Redstart, the, 155 

 Redwing, the, 105 

 Reed bunting, the, 177 

 Reed warbler, the, 155 



Ring-dove, the, 236 



Ringed pheasant, the, 251 



Ring ousel, the, 108 



Robin, the, 145; and Angora cat, 

 147 



Rock dove, the, 237 



Rock pipit, the, 163 



Rock thrush, the, 108 



Rook, the, 114, et seq.; remarkable 

 instance of a rook's attachment 

 for man, 119 



Rooks, are they useful or injuri- 

 ous to the husbandman ? 116 



Rose-coloured pastor, the, 136 



Royston crow, the, 122 



Sand martin, the, 207 



Scrapers, the, 232276 



Sea, the, or white-tailed eagle, 62 



Sedge-warbler, the, 155 



Shrikes, the, 96, et seq. 



Silver pheasant, the, 251 



Skua gulls, chase of a sea-eagle by, 



63 



Sky-lark, the, 172 

 Snow-bunting, the, 178; nest of 



affecting anecdote by Captain 



Lyon, 178 

 Snowflake, the, 178 

 Snowy owl, the, 88 

 Song, or garden thrush, the, 103 ; 



anecdote of, 104 

 Sparrow hawk, the, 77 ; anecdotes 



of, 77 

 Sparrows, 181, 195, et seq.-, our 



Lord's allusion to, 199 

 Sparrows, London, impudence of, 



197 



Spotted eagle, the, 55 

 Spotted flycatcher, the, 100; anec- 

 dotes of, 101 

 Starling, the, 134 

 Stockdove, the, 237 



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